Chief Commercial Officer

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Business Unit Hollard Life Solutions Job Family Business Assurance - Risk, Compliance, and Fraud Department Management Job Type Classification Permanent Job Grade E3 Reporting To Chief Executive Officer Number of Positions 1 Location - Town / City Parktown Job Advert Summary Hello… an exciting new opportunity has become available in our Hollard Life Solutions Division. We are looking to recruit a Chief Commercial Officer. Why This Role Matters: - This is a pivotal executive leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering the commercial growth strategy for Hollard Life Solutions. - As the architect of strategic partnerships and enterprise growth opportunities, you will position Hollard as the partner of choice while unlocking sustainable value across customers, partners, and the broader Hollard ecosystem. What You Will Do: - Define and lead Hollard Life Solutions’ commercial strategy. - Identify, assess and prioritise growth opportunities that create shared value. - Shape strategic choices across markets, customer segments, channels and propositions. - Ensure commercial priorities balance growth, profitability, customer outcomes, capital efficiency and risk. - Provide strategic commercial insight and recommendations to Exco and relevant governance forums. - Position Hollard as the partner of choice for clients, intermediaries, strategic partners and ecosystem participants. - Lead the identification, development and commercial structuring of strategic partnerships, alliances and ecosystem opportunities. - Build and maintain executive-level relationships with key partners, industry leaders and strategic stakeholders. - Secure executive sponsorship and stakeholder alignment for strategic opportunities. - Drive opportunities from origination through commercial contracting and achievement of first policy sale. - Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the Hollard ecosystem and its capabilities. - Leverage Hollard's full suite of products, services, technology, data, distribution channels and partnerships to create integrated customer and partner propositions. - Identify opportunities to create differentiated solutions through cross-business collaboration. - Promote collaboration across Hollard businesses to unlock opportunities that would not be achievable through individual business units acting independently. - Own and manage the strategic commercial opportunity portfolio. - Prioritise opportunities based on strategic fit, customer impact, financial returns, risk, capital requirements and execution feasibility. - Ensure robust business cases support investment and resource allocation decisions. - Monitor opportunities through agreed commercial milestones and governance gates. - Recommend acceleration, continuation or termination of opportunities based on value creation potential. Required Knowledge and Experience What You Will Bring: - 15+ years of senior leadership experience in commercial strategy, business development, partnerships, distribution, or corporate strategy. - Proven track record of delivering growth, building strategic partnerships, and creating enterprise value. - Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing capability at executive level. - Commercial acumen combined with sound strategic judgement and customer focus. Educational Requirements - Postgraduate qualification in Business, Strategy, Commercial Leadership, Finance or a related discipline. - MBA or equivalent executive qualification preferred.